Forty-eight homes changed hands in a short holiday week, and more of them sold below asking than above it. Here is what the numbers say about pricing and pace heading into fall.
The first week of September gave the Windsor-Essex housing market a clean read on where negotiating power sits right now. Across the region, 48 residential sales were recorded between September 1 and 7, 2026. The median price was $505,000.
The split matters more than the price. Sellers won the bidding on 17 homes. Buyers negotiated the price down on 26. The list price is a starting point again, not a floor.
One caveat on volume. Labour Day landed on Monday, September 7, and every recorded sale date fell between Tuesday the 1st and Friday the 4th. Four working days carried the whole count, so 48 isn't comparable to a normal week.
Of the 48 sales, 26 closed below the list price, 5 closed right at it, and 17 closed above. The median sale-to-list ratio was 99.17%, which means the typical buyer shaved a modest amount off the number on the sign.
The average sale price and the median sale price was about $100 from the median, both sitting near $505,000. In most weeks a few high-end sales pull the average well above the median. When the two match this closely, sales were spread evenly across the price ladder rather than concentrated at one end.
That fits the official July picture from the Windsor-Essex County Association of REALTORS®, which reported active listings at their highest July level in over a decade and months of inventory at 4.4 against a long-run average of 2.7. More choice for buyers means fewer competitive sales for sellers.
Price band tells the story better than any regional average. The $300,000 to $600,000 stretch carried 27 of the week's 48 sales, and 11 of those 27 sold above asking. Below $300,000, only one of eight sales cleared the list price.
| Price band | Sales | Median sale price | Sold over asking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under $300,000 | 8 | $243,500 | 12% |
| $300,000 to $399,999 | 6 | $350,825 | 50% |
| $400,000 to $499,999 | 9 | $475,000 | 33% |
| $500,000 to $599,999 | 12 | $539,250 | 42% |
| $600,000 and up | 13 | $710,000 | 38% |
The busiest single band was $500,000 to $599,999 with 12 sales. Three sales cleared $800,000. The entry-level end of the market, once the tightest segment in the region, is now the softest by this measure.
The median home in this group sold in 17 days. The average was 26, and the gap between those two numbers is the interesting part: a small number of listings sat considerably longer before selling, and they dragged the average up by nine days.
Seventeen days is not a slow market. It does mean a listing with no offer after three weeks is telling you something about its price, not about demand. The typical sale was a three-bedroom, two-bathroom home, and buyers shopping that profile have more options than they did a year ago.
Buyers have room to make a considered offer. Over half of last week's purchasers paid less than the asking price, and that's a pattern rather than an exception. It's strongest below $300,000, where competition has thinned out most.
Sellers have less room to test the market than they did a year ago, and price is doing almost all the work. A third of homes still sell over asking, and the ones that do tend to be priced to attract several buyers instead of one. Anchoring high and waiting for a negotiation costs you the 17-day window when attention is highest.
Regional medians are a starting point. What matters is how buyers are behaving in your price band, in your pocket of the region, this month. A Jump Realty agent can walk you through the comparables that actually apply to your home.
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Sources: Local MLS® sold data, residential sale transactions recorded September 1 to September 7, 2026. Figures reflect an area search of the Windsor-Essex region and are not official real estate board statistics. Beds, bathrooms, and days on market are drawn from the MLS® market analysis summary for the same period.
Official monthly Windsor-Essex statistics, including the MLS® Home Price Index benchmark and inventory levels, are published by the Canadian Real Estate Association in co-operation with the Windsor-Essex County Association of REALTORS®: https://stats.crea.ca/board/wind/
